Shank N Shig BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3765

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1488

peak 1509 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-06-11

latest 2024-07-19

Best ToY finish

#512

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

673.6344 / 720

Master · BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.47 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 658.82 (-1.35)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Chicken · Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1

Consistency

±9.24

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.65 · weakest Brisket (161.03)

Road miles

576

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 146 mi

Schedule strength

74%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)

Purse competed for

$44K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

658.82 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

673.6344 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.6344 at BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2024-07-19

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.62 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 161.03
Chicken avg 167.65
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Second Hand Smoke SLV in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (2024-07-19).

last seen 2022-06-11
back 2024-07-19

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141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Matty B's BBQ

#3763 of the rated field

1488 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-11-21

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Pits and Giggles

#3768 of the rated field

1488 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Shank N Shig BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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Smoldering Ash Holes

#3785 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Shank N Shig BBQ's first contest.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-05-25

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TEAM CANADA BBQ

#3756 of the rated field

1488 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1488

No shared contest yet.

Level with Shank N Shig BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-05-19

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MAGNUM P.I.G.

#3778 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1487

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Shank N Shig BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Piiripealsed

#3784 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 75%
Peak: 1487

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-14
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
T-MAC SMOKIN	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Hogline	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Second Hand Smoke SLV	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
UGLY BABY BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Smokin Highwaymen	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
HOME FARM BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
PORKRASTINATORS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Can Country Outlaw BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ BUS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	2	0	2	175.4172	157.0744	167.65	top 51%
Pork Ribs	7	0	0	0	167.9656	158.8000	163.23	top 64%
Pork	7	2	1	1	175.4172	158.7884	166.91	top 48%
Brisket	7	0	0	0	167.3944	148.5256	161.03	top 64%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 70%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 52%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2	32	top 82%	2022-06-11
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2	14	top 53%	2022-06-10
9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 2)	2	18	top 76%	2021-08-27

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.1 yrs 2021-06-11 → 2024-07-19

Busiest season 2021 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WI 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 4 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.65 · weakest Brisket (161.03)

Walk rate 43% a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 658.82 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 149 116–248 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 576 7 mapped stops · furthest 146 mi

Schedule strength 1594 average field rating faced — tougher than 74% of rated contests

Purse competed for $44,000 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 7 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs 2022-06-11 → 2024-07-19

Power rating 1488 peak 1509 · #3765 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2021
Jun 11 First tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1
Jun 11 First call Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1
Jun 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.4800 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1
Jun 11 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1
Jun 11 Peak power rating (1509) Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1
Jun 12 First category win (Pork) Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2
2024
Jul 19 Career-best overall score673.6344 BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash
Jul 19 Most recent contest BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.4	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash	2024-07-19
+8.8	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1	2021-06-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.5	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2022-06-11
-8.9	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2022-06-10
-8.4	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2	2021-06-12
-4.2	9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 2)	2021-08-27
-1.5	9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 1)	2021-08-26

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	0%	top 30%	93.6%	93.6%
2022	2	0	50%	top 83%	91%	91%
2021	4	1	50%	top 64%	93.4%	91.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-07-19	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash 🏅 Oshkosh, WI	11 / 37 (673.6344)	16 (170.2972)	14 (167.9656)	11 (167.9772)	11 (167.3944)
2022-06-11	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	32 / 37 (655.2916)	32 (163.4172)	32 (159.4060)	26 (166.2400)	19 (166.2284)
2022-06-10	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	31 / 39 (655.2912)	3 (173.1200)	20 (166.2628)	36 (158.7884)	34 (157.1200)
2021-08-27	9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 2) 🏅 Washington Island, WI	20 / 25 (648.9944)	22 (157.0744)	18 (163.3944)	19 (162.8228)	13 (165.7028)
2021-08-26	9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 1) 🏅 Washington Island, WI	18 / 25 (654.1604)	17 (167.3944)	20 (158.8000)	14 (163.3944)	12 (164.5716)
2021-06-12	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 🏅 West Salem, WI	35 / 45 (651.8856)	28 (166.8228)	29 (162.8344)	1 (173.7028)	43 (148.5256)
2021-06-11	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI	14 / 52 (672.4800)	2 (175.4172)	28 (163.9656)	6 (175.4172)	43 (157.6800)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#853 (130 pts)	#1087 (105 pts)	#1105 (115 pts)	#906 (130 pts)	#894 (130 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#986 (120 pts)	#656 (295 pts)	#1022 (145 pts)	#1046 (120 pts)	#926 (150 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#512 (335 pts)	#422 (475 pts)	#623 (280 pts)	#318 (645 pts)	#539 (345 pts)